Oil can



P. W. RIECK. OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-11,19.

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OIL CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. Ml), 1%22.

Application filed December 11, 1919. Serial No. 344,137.

1 '0 (law/107M it may concern lle it known that I, PHILIP W. Risen, acitizen of the United States, residing at Little Ferry, in the county ofBergen, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oil Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to dispensing, and more especially to handoilers; and the ob ject of the same is to produce an oil can having afeed control in its spout.

The invention is susceptible of application to oil cans and even toother devices for dispensing liquid, of a large variety ofconstructions, but I will describe it in the following specification andshow it in the accompanying drawings as applied to an ordinary handoiler such as used by carpenters, machinists, and the like. Referring tosuch drawings;

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, showing an oil canequipped with this invention, its several parts being slightly separatedfrom each other.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the intermediate part or member taken fromthe right of its position as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a portion of the valve attachmentand showing as disengaged therefrom the spring that holds the valvenormally and yieldably closed.

The ordinary oil can comprises a container in the form of a tank,usually having a re silient bottom, and a spout leading therefrom andterminating in a nozzle. in Figure 1 the letter (J designates thecontainer, and the spout is made up of two members whereof the letter Ndesignates the nozzle. This member could have any shape or length, andthe container might be a bulb or might in fact have means for ejectingits contents by a plunger or other movable element. No novelty isclaimed for the parts thus far mentioned.

Coming now to the details of the present invention, the intermediatemember 1 herein shown as interposed between the container andthe nozzle,is illustrated as detachably connected with each. The neck 2 of thecontainer is internally threaded and the member 1 has a threaded boss 3for engaging such neck. The inner or larger end of the nozzle is alsointernally threaded at 4: and a boss 5 at the outer end of the member 1engages the same. These details are not necessary but are illustrated inthe drawings and may well be followed in the construction of the device.I prefer in this invention that the intermediate member shall beseparate from both the container and the nozzle so that it may bemanufactured and sold as an attachment for ordinary oil cans. In fact,for such cans as have a male thread at the inner end of the nozzleengaging a female thread in the mouth of the container, the intermediatemember may have corresponding male and female threads at the inner andouter ends so that it can be inserted between the ordinary members atany time by disconnecting them. It will therefore be obvious that theprecise means for connecting the intermediate memberwith the othermembers may be left entirely to the manufacturer, and if my improvementis to be applied to an oil can at the time it is made the spout might beall in one piece although it would be detachable from the container inorder that the latter might be filled.

As seen in Figure 1, the member 1 is a casting bored axially to providea passage or duct for the flow of oil, and transversely through thiscasting is bored a slightly conical or tapering opening 11 intersectingthe duct 10 and constituting a valve seat. /Vithin the opening 11 ismounted a plug 12 having a transverse port 13, this plug constituting arotary valve. A washer 14 is held against the small end of the plug by ascrew 15 so that the plug is retained within the valve seat. At itslarger end the plug has a stud 16 moving in a quadrant notch 17 withinthe valve casing which is the member 1, so that when the stud liesagainst one end of the notch the port 13 alines with the duct 10 and thevalve is open, but when the stud lies against the other end of the notchthe valve is closed.

Extending axially from the larger end of the plug is a handle20 whichmakes a right angle 21 adjacent the plug so that the body of the handlelies alongside the member 1, and this handle is sodisposed inparallelism with the port 13 that in this position of parts the valve isopen. By preference the end 22 of the handle is deflected to one side alittle as seen. A spring 23 connects the plug with the member 1, or inother words connects the valve with its casing, to nor- Ill) mally closethe valve. As herein shown this spring is coiled around the plug withone end 24L turned inwardly and engaged in a recess 25 therein and theother end 26 turned rearwardly and engaged in a recess 27 in the valvecasing, and its tendency is to rotate the plug within the opening 11 sothat the stud 16 shall be held normally against that end of the quadrant17 which causes the handle 20 and therefore the port 1'3 to stand acrossthe member 1 or at right angles to the length of the duct 10, with. thevalve closed.

With this construction of parts, the operator picking up the oil can foruse, puts his thumb on the bottom of container C and his first andsecond fingers astride of the spout near its juncture with thecontainer. which in this instance would place his fingers astride themember 1. The tip of one finger is now passed over the handle 20 justinside its upturned end 22, and when he hears thereon in the ordinaryoperation of compressing the soft bottom of the container, his fingerwill move the handle and turn the valve to a position where the latteris open, and oil will flow ,from the container through the spout and outof the tip of its nozzle. On restoring the oil can to its position onthe bench or in his tool kit, or in fact on releasing the pressure ofhis finger, the valve automatically and instantly closes, and no oil canescape, even if the oil can should be tipged over.

arpenters and other mechanics must carry oil with their tools and in away in which it is instantly available. It is most disagreeable to haveoil spilled in the tool kit, for instance, over chalk and chalk lines.This oiler meets a definite need, and could also be used in otherspheres as in bicycle and automobile industries. A saving of oil is alsoa considerable advantage afforded by this article. It is operatedquickly and always sure to be spill-proof.

What is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with an oil can comprising a compressible containerand a spout extending therefrom, the can to be held with the spoutbetween the fingers and the bottom of the container against the thumb ofthe operator, of a cut-off valve for the spout having an operatinghandle projecting, when the valve is closed, from the spout in the pathof movement of a finger of the operator along the spout when the can isheld with the spout between the fingers of the operator and the bottomagainst the thumb of the operator, and means for holding the valveyieldably in closed position.

2. In an oil can, the combination with a container, a nozzle, and atubular member detachably connecting the same; of a rotary plug valvewithin said member and having a port adapted to aline with the ductthrough such member, such plug tapering andthe valve seat being shapedto correspond, means at the smaller end of the plug for holding it inits seat, a spring connecting the plug and member for turning the plugto normally close the valve, and a handle projecting from the larger endof the plug and bent at right angles alongside the member, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP W. RIECK. Witnesses:

ERNST BRUNO, ALFRED CLAUSEN.

